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vocab0
Term | Definition |
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abjure | to avoid or shun |
abrogate | to put an end to |
abstemious | sparing or moderate in eating or drinking |
acumen | keen insight; shrewdness |
antebellum | before or existing before the war, especially the American Civil War |
auspicious | favorable; prosperous; fortunate |
belie | to contradict; to misrepresent |
bellicose | inclined or eager to fight; hostile |
bowdlerize | to remove vulgar or objectionable words from a written work |
chicanery | to avoid or shun |
abrogate | to put an end to |
abstemious | sparing or moderate in eating or drinking |
acumen | keen insight; shrewdness |
antebellum | before or existing before the war, especially the American Civil War |
auspicious | favorable; prosperous; fortunate |
belie | to contradict; to misrepresent |
bellicose | inclined or eager to fight; hostile |
bowdlerize | to remove vulgar or objectionable words from a written work |
chicanery | trickery or deception |